The Obama administration has issued guidelines for colleges to combat sexual assaults on campuses — among them a call for greater transparency in the reporting of such incidents.

Vice President Joe Biden on Tuesday released a report from the White House Task Force to Protect Students recommending a series of actions to identify the scope of the problem on college campuses, help prevent campus sexual assaults, help schools respond effectively when a student is assaulted, and improve and make more transparent the federal government’s enforcement efforts.

The presidential task force, which formed in January, made the recommendations after a 90-day review period that included listening to suggestions from the public, as well as from student and women’s advocacy groups and college administrators.

Among the measures recommended are for schools to conduct confidential surveys about sexual assault cases, adopt a policy to ensure confidentiality of reporting the cases, provide specialized training for school officials and work with community groups such as rape crisis centers to provide help to students who have experienced sexual assault. Schools will be required to conduct a climate survey by 2016 to determine the prevalence of sexual assault incidents on campuses.

The federal government also launched a website, NotAlone.gov, to make enforcement data public and offer resource information to students and schools.

The task force said nearly one in five female college students has been assaulted, but only 12 percent of attacks are reported.

“Colleges and universities need to face the facts about sexual assault,” Biden said in a statement. “No more turning a blind eye or pretending it doesn’t exist. We need to give victims the support they need, like a confidential place to go, and we need to bring the perpetrators to justice.”

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